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he spoke with reporters at the pentagon for about 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> qaeda man. before getting to your questions, let me address one of the narratives in recent days regarding sequester set to begin friday unless congress acts. there seems to be a belief in some quarters that when it comes to negative impact the sequester will have on our national defense and military readiness, the department of defense is crying wolf. nothing could be further from the truth. he hurt from dod leaders in the past weeks is not hype. it is the blunt truth. it isn't exaggeration. as the clear eyed assessment of what would have been to the department if we were forced to put this mindless mechanism fully into place. under the guidance of secretary cannot come in the department leaders have been candid and forthright in describing how the military would operate in a post-sequester world. still, i know they remain confusions over how sequester would function and whether there's any steps that might mitigate the harm. let me try to address the con
he spoke with reporters at the pentagon for about 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> qaeda man. before getting to your questions, let me address one of the narratives in recent days regarding sequester set to begin friday unless congress acts. there seems to be a belief in some quarters that when it comes to negative impact the sequester will have on our national defense and military readiness, the department of defense is crying wolf. nothing could be further from the truth. he...
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you have to have credibility with a wide variety of people with the pentagon to begin with. he is dependent on the staff to implement whatever policy he wants. he's going to need their faith and confidence in him as a leader and the policies he's implementing he will have to work to earn that in the same thing in the house in the senate. both secretary panetta and secretary gates to most recent defense secretaries had an enormous amount of credibility both in the pentagon and in the congress and in very tough times with tough decisions. that the credibility enabled them i think to be very effective. secretary hagel is going to have to achieve that he's going to have to work at it. it doesn't just come automatically. >> host: was a relationship with the chair of the armed services committee representative buck mckeon? >> guest: is outstanding. one of the great things about the armed services committee it's the most bipartisan committee in congress. it's not a particularly high bar to jump over this point but we have a long tradition of the chair and the ranking majority and m
you have to have credibility with a wide variety of people with the pentagon to begin with. he is dependent on the staff to implement whatever policy he wants. he's going to need their faith and confidence in him as a leader and the policies he's implementing he will have to work to earn that in the same thing in the house in the senate. both secretary panetta and secretary gates to most recent defense secretaries had an enormous amount of credibility both in the pentagon and in the congress...
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this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and war incident word higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand m
this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award...
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this is now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots to wage their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program on tuesday when to explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award as a sleeve that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is you know given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thou
this is now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots to wage their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program on tuesday when to explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award as a sleeve...
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the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there perhaps there's a basic knowledge of the territory somewhere in the border between afghanistan and pakistan that's involved but let's compare it just sitting around basically just sitting at a base to doing something like something that was done by sergeant william stacey in two thousand and eleven he received a bronze medal a bronze a bronze star which is considered to rank below the medal that we're talking about now what he did was receiving fire along with his squad from ten or twelve and we fighters from five separate fighting positions thoug
the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war...
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civilian casualties with its war on terror a drone program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. massenet says that the western intervention that helped to oust the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya now. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not to with. when not to was bombing so there are a saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on. me people are being mean being mercenaries are coming from outside. for the libyan government before i mean even. the most important thing was no i need you and they were had big big controls for that never went inside leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside they were throwin
civilian casualties with its war on terror a drone program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. massenet says that the western intervention that helped to oust the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya...
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civilian casualties with its war on terror a program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. we're not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on the air in t. believe people are mean mercenaries are coming from outside so i put the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for the time that neighbor twenty insight leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing him
civilian casualties with its war on terror a program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big...
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talking up enormous civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well the very welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high alert fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from. libya expert. good to see you today thanks for coming on so quickly two years on what is the current situation in libya like it's looking all rosy. today now the situation is very that because they're trying to to you know to push the people down to keep the people in the houses so there is no problem because i think they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not a worse you know. we're not a was so there are saying to the people if you come out we will be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you kn
talking up enormous civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well the very welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high alert fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel...
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the pentagon has to scramble. it will be a big challenge. we will come back in the next couple of weeks and have longer number stations about how to get a more sensible plan in place that gets our deficit under control. host: what will happen in your district? do you seek immediate effect? guest: it is really playing out over series of months. there are furlough announcements that have gone out, but it is over the course of the next couple of months that those will begin to kick in. nobody is really sure what will happen. there will be a furor -- fewer employees in the department of defense, and tsa. there will be cuts and they will have an impact. host: "the wall street journal" has been running editorials on this issue, and a couple of days ago "the un-scary sequester" was the headline. yesterday they said even with the sequester we will spend more money this year than we did last year. guest: that is not true. we will be spending more money in the federal government, there is a difference between the discretionary portion of the budget an
the pentagon has to scramble. it will be a big challenge. we will come back in the next couple of weeks and have longer number stations about how to get a more sensible plan in place that gets our deficit under control. host: what will happen in your district? do you seek immediate effect? guest: it is really playing out over series of months. there are furlough announcements that have gone out, but it is over the course of the next couple of months that those will begin to kick in. nobody is...
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norm of civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well a very welcome to you from all of us here at. news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high. fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from. libya. good to see you today thanks for coming on so quickly to years on what is the current situation in libya like it's looking all rosy. well today now the situation is very that because they're trying to to you know to push the people down to keep the people in the houses so there is no problem because i think they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not to with you know. where not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we will be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying off the ai
norm of civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well a very welcome to you from all of us here at. news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high. fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from....
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a crude violation pentagons accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil while tehran rebels in record export. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for those suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on caret left one security guard dead. four am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president mohamed morsi while thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attacked the presidential palace with firebombs here's bill true with the latest from cairo. we now have a chaotic scene because as clashes have broken out somehow government protesters answer security forces the president for this are many marches comprised of a presidential building and supposedly through march opera house the promise was not the police and i'm time we see gas comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there are still thousands and chris where
a crude violation pentagons accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil while tehran rebels in record export. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for those suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on caret left one security guard dead. four am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president mohamed morsi while...
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-- bureaucrats at the pentagon. 86% resides outside of washington, d.c. these are civilians working for our department of defense that literally fix the equipment in our depots and arsenals, they are teachers in our schools, training the children of military families, counselors, police officers, medical professionals, blue collar wrench turners and maintainers at our military bases. the impact of sequestration is already being felt not just here in this country but overseas. i just returned last week from a whirlwind tour, still recovering, over to africa to visit uganda, djibouti and into the gulf into bahrain. i saw firsthand the men and women in uniform who are defending our interest, pursuing our missions and the impact of sequestration. in uganda, our u.s. military is currently training ugandan military forces to take down a notorious leader of the lord's resistance army, joseph kony. they are making significant progress. their mission so important to increasing stability in a difficult region of the world and it could be sacrificed to a sequester.
-- bureaucrats at the pentagon. 86% resides outside of washington, d.c. these are civilians working for our department of defense that literally fix the equipment in our depots and arsenals, they are teachers in our schools, training the children of military families, counselors, police officers, medical professionals, blue collar wrench turners and maintainers at our military bases. the impact of sequestration is already being felt not just here in this country but overseas. i just returned...
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a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own import ago and buying iranian oil well tehran rebels record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on her one security guard day. five am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of egypt's capital protesting against president mohamed morsi while thousands of more have staged rallies across the country at least fifteen have so far been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as an angry mob attacked the presidential palace with firebombs here's a reporter bel true with the latest. but you know how chaotic scenes are how come we need to ask questions how broken out somehow the government protesters answers are security forces the president. says are many marches comprised of presidential building concrete supposedly free market house the promise was not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there
a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own import ago and buying iranian oil well tehran rebels record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on her one security guard day. five am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of egypt's capital protesting against president mohamed morsi while...
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a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil well tehran rebels and record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on courage that left one security guard dead. two am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour around six thousand have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president morsi while thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured now in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attacked the presidential palace with firebombs bell trues at the center of demonstrations with the latest we know how chaotic scene in the capital of egypt that's clashing have broken out somehow become a crisis and for security forces the president. many marxists comprised the presidents of building and create supposedly or you want to talk about the promise which not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there
a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own embargo on buying iranian oil well tehran rebels and record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on courage that left one security guard dead. two am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour around six thousand have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital to protest against president morsi while...
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oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a are run by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there or he's poly boyko reports on why u.k. officials are seeking to sell you their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. but it seems that for immigrants pote
oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a are run by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of...
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oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a iran by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there or he's probably boyko reports on why u.k. officials are seeking to sell you their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. today it seems that for immigrants potent
oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a iran by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of...
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the oil embargo against iran adding to washington's headaches especially when the arrests are in this pentagon and the illegal fuel purchases paid for with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been to italy warm this week bucharest expressed concerns over london's plans to extend restrictions on remains looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there are these bali boyko reports on why u.k. officials sought to sully their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. but it seems that for immigrant
the oil embargo against iran adding to washington's headaches especially when the arrests are in this pentagon and the illegal fuel purchases paid for with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been to italy warm this week bucharest expressed concerns over london's plans to extend restrictions on remains looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads...
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red faced pentagon is left to explain how it rainin fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it is the influx of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the second. screen around the world this is a new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day violent protests have swept through several egyptian cities overnight the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reported bill true witness the mayhem i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality this be a criticism of the place in
red faced pentagon is left to explain how it rainin fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it is the influx of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the...
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defense secretary is republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top story. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team now you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. just imagine it was about the scene the time when most of the people who work with children were in school. and all the suddenly see this extremely bright flash right over the city one man told me it was so bright it hurts ev
defense secretary is republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top story. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've...
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a kurd violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own in bargo on iranian oil well tehran rebels in record export cash the. turkish authorities say a far left militants responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. three am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital protesting against president mohamed morsi well thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attack the presidential palace with firebombs journalist belcher is at the center of demonstrations she brings us the latest. but you know how chaotic seems how can i ask questions how broken out somehow the government protesters and sense of security forces the president for this are many marches comprised of presidential building concrete supposedly free martha opera house the promise was not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of cour
a kurd violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own in bargo on iranian oil well tehran rebels in record export cash the. turkish authorities say a far left militants responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. three am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital protesting against president mohamed morsi well thousands...
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plus a red faced pentagon is left to explain how it ring in fuel and power in the us war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's go against the islamic state. wealthy british style. market. what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. more news today. flared up. these are the images called world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all. well with. its technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the news continues here on r.t. america's forces in afghanistan may have been running on iranian oil in a clear violation of washington's own fuel embargo against the islamic state the pentagon has melted it can't vouch for the source of years worth of fuel due to a complicated supply system or he's going to con picks up the story. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel pur
plus a red faced pentagon is left to explain how it ring in fuel and power in the us war machines conflicts in a years long violation of america's go against the islamic state. wealthy british style. market. what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. more news today. flared up. these are the images called world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all. well with. its technology...
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the pentagon approvedded a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command growing ranks for approximately 900 to 4900 personnel cyber warriors. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. those who fortify the dod networks, those who help commanders abroad to plan and execute attacks, and those who conduct infrastructure like power grids and power flaunts. needless to say this is absolutely necessary to protect the nation against what's becoming a leading security threat; however, i'm interested in those protecting the national infrastructure. the majority of the critical infrastructure own and operated by the private sector. will the military rely on the national guard which is able to operate both, under title 10 # and 32 authorities? >> senator, your description of how you try to prepare the force is accurate. we clearly don't have authority to do all of that, but we are trying to grow the right force so that if it became necessary and we had the authority to do all of those things, we would be prepared. the national
the pentagon approvedded a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command growing ranks for approximately 900 to 4900 personnel cyber warriors. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. those who fortify the dod networks, those who help commanders abroad to plan and execute attacks, and those who conduct infrastructure like power grids and power flaunts. needless to say this is absolutely necessary to protect the nation against what's becoming a leading security threat;...
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red faced pentagon is left to explain how it reagan fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's only against the islamic state. west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the second world war. and on screen around the world this is r.t. live from the new center here. oh with the twenty four hours a day violent protests have swept through several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reportable true witnessed the mayhem. i personally witnessed a lot of
red faced pentagon is left to explain how it reagan fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's only against the islamic state. west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of...
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far from finished with its foreign military campaigns ultimately no matter who is in charge of the pentagon. when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people that fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that whoever is secretary of defense will have a very
far from finished with its foreign military campaigns ultimately no matter who is in charge of the pentagon. when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians...
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for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were concerned about molly for at least eight months. only now there is discussion about what we should -- >> have another discussion on benghazi for the thousandth time. >> we are in the in danger -- in no danger of intervening too much. that is not what we have to worry about. >> let's move on. if you have a question, raise your hands and identify yourself. keep your questions short. let's go to -- then this woman right here in the black. >> as joshua said, syria is part of a broader middle east. what would be the position of the u.s. when lebanon, jordan, maybe israel and the whole region woul
for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were...
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far from finished with its foreign military campaigns ultimately no matter who is in charge at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope tim isn't was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being bombarded out of the people that fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that it will ever secretary of defense will have a very v
far from finished with its foreign military campaigns ultimately no matter who is in charge at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope tim isn't was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians...
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to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admits it is kind of verify away exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years he's going to check out now reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions there by letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only power u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you
to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admits it is kind of verify away exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years he's going to check out now reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. well just imagine it was about the same the time when most of the people were already at work the children were in schools or in kindergartens and all of the suddenly see this extremely bright flash of light and right
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of...
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we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of this so do you cut them off is that in u.s. interest to be doing the raise a lot of questions about the sanctions policy and the ramifications for for u.s. interests but let's talk about that for a minute because obviously as you mentioned iran and afghanistan are close and afghanistan actually gets the majority of its oil from iran i think it's third to a half was the latest estimates of this but obviously the u.s. is trying to draw down its presence in afghanistan so can we really expect the u.s. to both draw down its presence in afghanistan and also monitor the sanctions that are going on there so str
we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of...
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welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia or refuses to provide a legally binding guarantees moscow sees a system of the many close to russia look at this for the record threats to its security. over the messiah shield has strained relations between the two states president obama had promised to be more flexible on a subject after his reelection some observers doubt the u.s. will give up its geopolitical allegations. ever intended to protect against iranian missiles something units like that do not even exist iran has no nuclear weapons nor do they have the ability to launch a missile all the way to the united states clearly this missile de
welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia or refuses to provide a legally...
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to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admitted it cannot verify the way exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years oh she's going there to check out in our reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it probably did come for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uran
to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admitted it cannot verify the way exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years oh she's going there to check out in our reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel...